HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-145-09/05/1989-APPROVING THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DOWNTOWN PLAN AND INCLUDING IT AS AN ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE RESOLUTION 89-145
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
DOWNTOWN PLAN AND INCLUDING IT
AS AN ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
WHEREAS, the Goals and Objectives of the Comprehensive Plan provide
for the development of a planning document for the downtown area; and
WHEREAS, the Goals and Objectives are the foundation element of the
Comprehensive Plan which is a policy guide to decisions concerning the
physical , social , economic and environmental development of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use Policies Plan (August 1979) provides that the
City shall prepare a core area development plan for the re-development of
the downtown area; and
WHEREAS, the Poudre River Trust Land Use Policy Plan of 1986 and the
Parks and Recreation Master Plan of 1988 provide additional guidance for
the development of a downtown plan; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Plan is a public statement of the City's
policies with regard to the future development and preservation of the
downtown area in terms of land use, transportation, urban design,
appearance, parking, maintenance, security and economic development; and
WHEREAS, after lengthy discussion, debate, study and public input, a
planning team composed of a citizen steering committee, the City staff and
professional planning and marketing consultants, has developed the City of
Fort Collins Downtown Plan of 1989 as a proposed element of the City's
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, upon review and examination of said proposed Plan and upon
further hearings by the Planning and Zoning Board, the Board has adopted
said Plan, and presented it to the City Council for approval and inclusion
as a part of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City of Fort Collins Downtown Plan, dated June, 1989, be
and hereby is approved for incorporation into the City of Fort Collins
Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of encouraging and guiding development
in the downtown area and for providing policy guidelines for any subsequent
changes to the Code of the City which the City Council may deem necessary
and appropriate for the purpose of regulating development in the downtown
area.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this
5th day of September, A.D. 1989. '
Mayor
AT EST:
City Clerk